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Independiente

King of Cups rebound to vindicate nickname

A brief history...
Club Atlético Independiente Football Club came into being at
the start of the last century in Buenos Aires. The club was the
brainchild of a group of youngsters who worked in a shop and were
frustrated at not being able to play for the club of the company
concerned.

In 1904, the managers of "La ville de Londres", a
luxury store on the famous Avenue de Mayo, had founded a club
called Maipu Banfield in order to take part in an inter-company
league. The younger employees, like the managers, had to pay their
contributions, but were only permitted to watch the games.

On 4 August 1904, the youngsters met up in a city centre bar and
decided to become "independents" by creating their own
club. And so it was that el Independiente Football Club was born.
The group's leader, Rosendo Degiorgi, was quickly appointed
temporary chairman, not least because his family was providing the
group with a small apartment, the first headquarters of the
fledgling club.

The club's official deed of foundation was supposed to be
ratified on 1 January 1905, but no doubt because of the previous
night's New Year celebrations, the necessary quorum was not
reached and the club's official registration had to wait until
the next meeting on 25 th March.

Initially, Independiente sported a white shirt with blue
sleeves, but in 1908, the famous red shirt with white cuffs was
introduced. According to the legend, Aristides Langone, the
chairman at the time, was so impressed with the football played by
the English team Nottingham Forest while on tour in Argentina that
he adopted their colours.

As the years passed, the Red Devils from Avellaneda became cup
specialists, winning no fewer than seven Copa Libertadores in
eleven years, four of them consecutively between 1972 and 1975
against Universitario (PER), Colo Colo (CHI), Sao Paulo (BRA) and
Union Espanola (CHI), a record that stands to this day.
Independiente have also contested six Toyota Cups, tasting victory
on two occasions.